Liz Truss to become UK’s next PM after winning Conservative race.

Britain’s Conservative Party picks Liz Truss as its leader, triggering the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been named leader of the governing Conservative Party, taking power as Britain’s next prime minister at a time when the country faces a cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.

After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive party leadership contest that pitted Truss against Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, Monday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson.